School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Cambridgeshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Rob - Verified booking

  I booked this as a get away for me and my three boys rather than mixing their house and my house in Derbyshire at the current time.

  They live locally to Cambridge and I lived in the area for 16 years so we know it well - this was a place for us to just chill and be together..... It is a truly wonderful place - spotlessly clean with excellent communications from the owner prior to our arrival, and also a lovely welcome pack in the kitchen on arrival. Very comfortable place to stay with enough space for me and my three boys to spread out and not be on top of each other. For three lads between 8 and 16 the excellent WiFi was a boon as they took their gamin machines!!! The kitchen is superbly equipped and this made feeding everyone easy (and cleaning up afterwards - I miss a dishawsher), though we did have a Chinese takeaway from an excellent restaurant in Great Shelford one night. The bathrooms were lovely, the beds are very comfy, and the shower is superb. As I said it was just a place for us to be together and chill rather than be tourists - but we had a day out at the Imperial war Museum at Duxford which was good fun and close by, and there are lots of National Trust properties nearby - the train makes getting to London or Cambridge easy as well. Thorough recommended by us, and saved as a place to book again :-)

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• Hannah - Verified booking

  The Apple Shed is a clean and well-maintained property in a private and quiet area.

  The owner was friendly and although living next door, did not intrude. The property was light and airy, spacious, and perfect for family or a group of friends. Very relaxing and would definitely go again. Areas for improvement: 1) The property is listed as dog friendly but the garden is not fully enclosed and there was also a chicken roaming around. We suggest putting chicken wire/deer wire around the garden so dogs can be free in the garden. In specifically choosing a dog friendly place, we had hoped the dog could play freely outside. One saving grace was finding a private dog walking field (called Go Mutts) 12 mins drive away which we paid to use and let our dog be free (£10 per hour for exclusive use). The chicken was also a bit of torture for our dog as she watched it through the window. 2) There is no signage from the lane for the property. We suggest putting up a small sign so it can be found more easily. The booking form said to call the owner once we were near; however, we couldn’t get through. We ended up finding the property by mistake.

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• Jennifer - Verified booking

  The cottage was perfect, spotlessly clean and very comfortable.

  Everything we could possible have needed was supplied and we were greeted by a lovely welcome of cakes and home made preserves (even to a pint of milk in he 'frig) We met the owner and his Daughter Holly, she - lives next door - and they were so pleasant and helpful. The setting is in a very pleasant village which is a good base for many local attractions such as Cambridge and Ely and for aviation enthusiasts Duxford is but a few minutes drive and the Shuttleworth Collection is also close by. There are plenty of good places to eat locally too. One stand out eatery was the Cross Keys Hotel in Saffron Walden - highly recommended ! Of course we must not forget Steve (Hollies cat) who is usually around the gardens on sunny days and enjoys a good conversation ! All in all we have to say it would be hard to better this wonderful old thatched cottage. We certainly intend to return.

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• Michelle - Verified booking

  We absolutely loved our stay and had the most wonderful time.

  Loved seeing the variety of wildlife we had visit the garden. All room are clean and well presented. We had one little issue which was more Mother Nature then host and that was a stinging nettle right near the hot tub steps so while trying not to slip you also had to watch you did not brush against it. We do have a couple of small suggestions which are only little things like bath matts to place down when exit the shower as it does become very slippery and maybe a hand rail in each bathroom for those like me with mobility issues to hold onto if feeling unsteady. Also maybe a hand rail outside the door leading outside from the bedroom as steps are okay but when I was tired I did struggle a couple of times and friends helped. But omg we loved it so so so much and the peace and quiet is brilliant just what we all needed to recharge our worn out batteries

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• Christine - Verified booking

  We couldn't find any fire blanket or extinguisher.

  Obviously we didn't need it but all other properties we have stayed in have had 1 or 2 items. If not both. The sofa was far to low for all of us. Some couldn't even get on it . And too big for the size of the room we felt. If there was a 6th person at the table we would of had to push the table back up and I don't think anyone would have got through. There was 3 of which had mobility issues which is why we chose the appleshed because its all ground level floor. But we couldn't get down the steps to the garden. A handrail or two may come in handy. And possibly at the front door. Especially for when it is wet . The 2 wet rooms the whole of the floor was rather wet. But apart from a little issues we had a nice time thank you.

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